Edgar Allan Poe
A dreAm
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed;
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him, with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream, that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam,
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar –
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day-star?
Response Questions
1/ A dreAm
Why do you think Poe describes dreams as "looking
back on the past"?
2/ Why do you think his "dream of life and light" left him
brokenhearted upon waking up?
Let's discuss here with teacher............................. Any opinion please?
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